the dickens
Example Sentences
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And how the dickens did he get on the debate stage?
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2023
Her best bet, she decided, was to listen for the telltale squeak of her mailbox lid when the letter carrier stopped by in the afternoon and scream like the dickens.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021
The way the Rams’ game imploded should scare the dickens out of L.A.’s players and coaches.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2020
He knows that “An Inconvenient Truth” scared the dickens out of some people.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2017
It hurt like the dickens but I gritted my teeth and walked on.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
